When Philip Cornelius Schreffler was born on 24 January 1903, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Elias Harper Schreffler, was 30 and his mother, Carolina Minnie Garis, was 26. He married Ethel M. Bender on 24 June 1922, in Schuylkill Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and Porter Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 5 June 1963, in Coaldale, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.